Thread



(Specimens) L. BRIGGS.

THREAD.

No. 421,158. Patented Feb. 11, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUCIUS BRIGGS, OF GLASGO, CONNECTICUT.

THREAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 421,158, dated February 11, 1890.

$erial No. 313,657. (Specimens) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUOIUS BRIGGS, of Glasgo, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Thread; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention has reference to a thread differing'from the threads shown, described, and claimed in Patent No. 400,739, granted to me April 2, 1889; and it consists in twisting a thread of any desired number with a thread of a finer number and then twisting two of such doubled and twisted threads together, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a view of a fine and a coarse thread partly twisted together. Fig. 2 is a view of two of the doubled and twisted threads shown in Fig. 1 twisted together.

In the drawings, a designates the coarser thread, and b the finer thread.

The objectof the present invention is to produce a thread which presents an uneven surface and can be used for crochet-work, cloth, passementerie, and other similar purposes, and give to the fabric, lace, or other article a peculiar and novel beaded, mottled, or twilled appearance.

To enable those skilled in the art to manufacture my improved thread,I will more fully thread on a spool or bobbin. This doubled thread of a coarse and a fine number is now taken to a doubling and twisting frame, and two of these doubled threads are doubled and twisted together, forming a cabled thread consisting of two coarse and two fine threads. By examining the thread made in this way it will been that, while it is not so handsome on the spool as the thread shown and described in United States Patent N 0. 400,739, of April 2, 1889, it has a very twilly look, and the lace made from it looks very soft and twilled, giving to the articles manufactured an appearance resembling articles made from thread made after my previous im'ention described in my patent of April 2, 1889, above referred to, and yet differing from the same in that only two doubled threads, each consisting of a fine and a coarse thread, are cabled together.

Having thus described my invention,Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A thread consisting of two doubled and twisted threads, each doubled and twisted thread being formed of a fine and-a coarse thread, as described.

2. A cabled thread formed by twisting a thread of a fine number and a thread of a coarser number together and then twisting two of these threads together to form a oable,.as described.

LUCIUS BRIGGS. Witnesses:

J. T. WILBUR, 'H. J. REEVES. 

